By the Grace of God (2019)

02/20/2019Drama2h 17m

Overview

Alexandre, a man in his 40s living in Lyon with his wife and children, discovers that the priest who abused him decades ago continues to work with children. He joins forces with others victims of the priest, to bring justice and “lift the burden of silence” about what they endured.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Melvil Poupaud

    Alexandre Guérin

  2. Cast 1

    Denis Ménochet

    François Debord

  3. Cast 1

    Swann Arlaud

    Emmanuel Thomassin

  4. Cast 1

    Éric Caravaca

    Gilles Perret

  5. Cast 1

    François Marthouret

    Cardinal Philippe Barbarin

  6. Cast 1

    Bernard Verley

    Father Bernard Preynat

  7. Cast 1

    Martine Erhel

    Régine Maire

  8. Cast 1

    Josiane Balasko

    Irène, Emmanuel's Mother

  9. Cast 1

    Hélène Vincent

    Odile Debord, François' Mother

A cleverly put together foray into this most highly sensitive of subjects tells three different, though conjoining, stories about men who were all abused by the same priest in their childhood. The film is as much about the ways in which they (and their families) have/have not reconciled themselves to this most heinous of behaviour by someone trusted by all, as it is about their subsequent pursuit of this man, and of the broader church in order to stop this happening again. It's told in quite a sober fashion - but that does rob it of some of the more essential emotions and can leave it feeling ...